Nintendo laugh in the face of economic slowdown (January NPD)
The NPD has revealed the January sales results for North America and surprise surprise, Nintendo is on the top again. In fact, it’s nearly doubled the next non-closest non-Nintendo console. Sales are so high coming off the back of the holiday season, it must mean Nintendo has no problems with stock any more. Nintendo also did well on software with many titles making it back into the top ten, with some releases from even two years ago. More inside. Software Top 10
1.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) – 777,000
2.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) – 415,000
3.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) – 292,000
4.) Left 4 Dead (360, EA) – 243,000
5.) Call of Duty: World at War (360, Activision) – 235,000
6.) Skate 2 (360, EA) – 199,000
7.) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii, Activision) – 155,000
8.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) – 135,000
9.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) – 132,000
10.) Lord of the Rings: Conquest (360, EA) – 113,000
Hardware
1.) Wii – 679,200 | 18,219,000
2.) Nintendo DS – 510,800 | 28,052,000
3.) Xbox 360 – 309,000 | 14,169,000
4.) PlayStation 3 – 203,200 | 6,997,000
5.) PlayStation Portable – 172,300 | 14,513,000
6.) PlayStation 2 – 101,200 | Unconfirmed
Source: Cubed3
